--- title: "18 Found Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "18 Found quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Found sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/neil-gaiman-29_found_remember-your-name-do-not-lose-hope-what_305969.jpg" --- > [Remember your name. Do not lose hope ---what you seek will be found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/remember-your-name-do-not-lose-hope-what-you-seek-will-be-found/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/neil-gaiman-29_found_remember-your-name-do-not-lose-hope-what_305969.jpg) > [I found English to be a sort of Thomas Hardy aversion therapy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-found-english-to-be-a-sort-of-thomas-hardy-aversion-therapy/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/neil-gaiman-29_aversion_i-found-english-to-be-a-sort-of-thomas-h_2290069.jpg) > [We have an obligation to make things beautiful. Not to leave the world uglier than we found it, not to empty the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/we-have-an-obligation-to-make-things-beautiful-not-to-leave-the-world/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/neil-gaiman-29_beautiful_we-have-an-obligation-to-make-things-bea_3087214.jpg) > [Television and cinema were all very well, but these stories happened to other people. The stories I found in books happened inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/television-and-cinema-were-all-very-well-but-these-stories-happened/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/neil-gaiman-29_book_television-and-cinema-were-all-very-well_1142079.jpg) > [She found herself to be quite worried that something would jump out at her, so she began to whistle. She thought it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-found-herself-to-be-quite-worried-that-something-would-jump-out/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/neil-gaiman-29_found_she-found-herself-to-be-quite-worried-th_2937309.jpg) > [When I started out, there were a lot of things I knew I couldn't do, and a lot of things I only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-started-out-there-were-a-lot-of-things-i-knew-i-couldn-t-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/neil-gaiman-29_found_when-i-started-out-there-were-a-lot-of-t_2488930.jpg) > [So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-having-found-a-lady-could-you-not-have-come-to-her-aid-or-left-her/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/neil-gaiman-29_aids_so-having-found-a-lady-could-you-not-hav_2051989.jpg) > [“He wondered whether home was a thing that happened to a place after a while, or if it was something that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-wondered-whether-home-was-a-thing-that-happened-to-a-place-after-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/neil-gaiman-29_ends_he-wondered-whether-home-was-a-thing-tha_1427319.jpg) > [He tried to listen to the conversations going on at the table and he found that he could no longer concentrate on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-tried-to-listen-to-the-conversations-going-on-at-the-table-and-he/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/neil-gaiman-29_able_he-tried-to-listen-to-the-conversations_2163209.jpg) > [Sister Mary chose that moment to come in with the tea. Satanist or not, she'd also found a plate and arranged some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/sister-mary-chose-that-moment-to-come-in-with-the-tea-satanist-or-not/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/neil-gaiman-29_biscuits_sister-mary-chose-that-moment-to-come-in_1417607.jpg) > [So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-i-went-out-and-bought-myself-a-copy-of-the-writer-and-artist/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/neil-gaiman-29_articles_so-i-went-out-and-bought-myself-a-copy-o_1159853.jpg) > [How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-do-i-know-you-ll-keep-your-word-asked-coraline-i-swear-it-said/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_how-do-i-know-you-ll-keep-your-word-aske_2809298.jpg) > [My parents would frisk me before family events. Before weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, and what have you. Because if they didn't, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/my-parents-would-frisk-me-before-family-events-before-weddings/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/neil-gaiman-29_bar-mitzvah_my-parents-would-frisk-me-before-family_387587.jpg) > [It's an America with strange mythic depths. I see it as a distorting mirror; a book of danger and secrets, of romance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-an-america-with-strange-mythic-depths-i-see-it-as-a-distorting/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/neil-gaiman-29_america_it-s-an-america-with-strange-mythic-dept_3217240.jpg) > [Richard wrote a mental diary in his head. Dear Diary, he began. On Friday I had a job, a fiance, a home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/richard-wrote-a-mental-diary-in-his-head-dear-diary-he-began-on/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/neil-gaiman-29_be-good_richard-wrote-a-mental-diary-in-his-head_1750832.jpg) > [He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-shivered-his-coat-was-thin-and-it-was-obvious-he-would-not-get-his/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/neil-gaiman-29_coats_he-shivered-his-coat-was-thin-and-it-was_1020771.jpg) > [Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/do-not-lose-hope-what-you-seek-will-be-found-trust-ghosts-trust-those/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/neil-gaiman-29_dream_do-not-lose-hope-what-you-seek-will-be-f_518626.jpg) > [The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow to the oak that will be cut to form the cradle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-squirrel-has-not-yet-found-the-acorn-that-will-grow-to-the-oak/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/neil-gaiman-29_acorns_the-squirrel-has-not-yet-found-the-acorn_1984577.jpg) ## Other authors on Found ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/found/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "18 Found Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Remember your name. 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